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Join us virtually at AMEE 2016!

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6 Aug 2016
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Adi Vyas
A group of us from the SHE network are presenting a sympoisum on sustainable healthcare at the AMEE conference in Barcelona this year (Sarah mentioned this in a recent post). The symposium will be…
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Research Project on Reducing Demand for Energy and Travel in Hospitals

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30 Jul 2016
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Stanley Blue
Hello all! My name is Stanley Blue. I am a social scientist from Lancaster University working at the DEMAND centre (www.demand.ac.uk) which studies the dynamics of energy, mobility and demand. I…
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Examples of sustainability in Occupational Therapy courses

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29 Jul 2016
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Kay Fretwell
I’m Kay Fretwell - a student currently on placement with the Department for Sustainability at NUS. I’m putting together an A-Z of Sustainability in the Curriculum which will highlight 26 case studies,…
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Feasibility study into resource management in the dental practice

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25 Jul 2016
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Devika Vadher
A paper published in the BDJ, exploring knowledge and attitudes to sustainability amongst the dental team offers an interesting read and insight into staff behaviour with regards to "reduce, reuse and…
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Rational use of...

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23 Jul 2016
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Sarah Walpole
Rational use of investigations in medicine... NICE publishes new guidance which suggests - tests from primary care should be communicated to secondary/tertiary centres to avoid unnecessary repeats,…
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How can we reduce our travel footprint and still communicate effectively?

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17 Jul 2016
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Sarah Walpole
The world may be getting smaller, but it’s not getting simpler. In the lead up to the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) annual conference 2016, we are working to prepare sessions fit…
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New analysis on anticipated effects of climate change on the UK

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14 Jul 2016
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This is the second of a series of five-yearly assessments of climate change risks and opportunities produced by the Committee on Climate Change for the UK as a whole and also separately for the…
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Shocking new data about carbon footprint of US healthcare system!

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12 Jul 2016
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This new report has found that if the U.S. healthcare sector were ranked as a nation, it would be the world's 13th-largest emitter of greenhouse gases, more than all of the UK!!! The study estimates…
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40th COT Annual Conference

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6 Jul 2016
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Ben Whittaker
Last week saw the 40thCOT Annual Conference in Harrogateand as always it was a great conference, making people excited by what occupational therapy has to offer, and with lots of sustainability…
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A Public Health Approach to Mental Health Improvement

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24 Jun 2016
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Michael Pearce
A Public Health Approach to Mental Health Improvement The UK’s Faculty of Public Health (FPH) has produced a report: ‘Better Mental Health for All; A public health approach to mental health…